Elections at Children's Town, Hajduhadhaza, Hungary

1948

David Seymour (Chim)

Associated Names
David Seymour

Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956

Magnum Photos

Publisher

The image depicts two young boys sitting on grass. The boy on the left is leaning forward and writing on a piece of paper placed on the back of the boy in front. The boy on the left has short, slightly messy hair, a concentrated expression, and holds a pencil in his right hand. He wears a dark jacket, a shirt, shorts, and knee-high socks. The boy in front has closely cropped hair and wears a light-colored coat with visible wear, shorts, and socks. In the background, there are other indistinct figures lying on the grass.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ben Shneiderman

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.89 x 20 cm (7 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.122.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ben Shneiderman, Bethesda, MD; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, across top in graphite underlined: Hungary: Seym. Children; by unknown hand, upper left in red crayon: 68; upper left stamped in black ink: HISTORICAL CHILDREN; center, printed in black ink on label: EUROPE's CHILDREN/Hungary CHILDRENS' TOWN 4-511: children writing out their votes. Conditions for writing outdoors were difficult so every available facility-like this boy's back-was taken. The children were very serious, trying to keep the voting secret; the boys were mostly separate, the girls together in bunches, consulting each other about the candidates for office.; by unknown hand, center in black ink: 115-h; stamped in blue ink in a box: PLEASE CREDIT DAVID SEYMOUR-MAGNUM 55 WEST 8TH STREET NEW YORK 11, N.Y.

Wikidata ID

Q64146048

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